Technology dictionary

The technology terms that come up when you run a business, defined in plain English and sourced.

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A defined way for two pieces of software to talk to each other and share information.

Keeping a copy of frequently used data somewhere quick to reach.

Building software so its parts react to events rather than constantly polling.

A property where doing an action several times has the same effect as doing it once.

The delay between asking a system to do something and it starting to respond.

How easily you can tell what is happening inside a system from the signals it gives off.

How well a system can handle much more work without slowing down or breaking.

The future cost of building something the quick way now instead of the proper way.

The share of time a system is working and available for people to use.

A system that records every change to a set of files so you can review or undo them.

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